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Mamet Speak
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American writer David Mamet is probably most famous for his distinctive style of writing fast, clever, edgy dialogue. When a playwright wins a Pulitzer Prize, his style does not often go without imitation. Mamet's often-imitated dialogue style is called Mamet Speak. Mamet Speak has the following qualities: It is fast. Characters speak in quick succession, frequently cutting each other off, finishing each other's sentences, and repeating themselves whilst the other speaks. It is loaded with jargon. If two characters work in the same field, expect them to use words and concepts specific to that field without stopping or even slowing down to make sure the non-professional audience can follow along. Consequently, expect as little Exposition as possible. It is frequently focused on semantics. Mamet's characters are known for manipulating language itself to get what they want, or at least discussing the importance of their particular language. It is almost always "vulgar". In keeping with Mamet's general domain of tough-talking characters, Cluster F-Bomb is the name of the game. (Roger Ebert once titled a Movie Glossary entry the "Mamet Dammit" while noting that the swears in question usually weren't that mild.) Compare Rapid-Fire Interrupting, where the interrupting is one-sided. Also related to World of Snark. |
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The Thick of It uses this, although it has indulgent fun with particularly surreal swearing. | |
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Iron Man 2 ramped this up immensely from the first one, in that other characters aside from Tony Stark started doing it. | |
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Archer is a great example, with every character getting in on the fun. | |
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Some of the dialogue in Primer is like this, with characters talking over each other and answering with quick, short lines. | |
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Similarly, Bob's Burgers fits this as well. | |
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Adjusted somewhat in Boston Marriage, which is set in the 19th century instead of contemporary times. It's relatively restrained when it comes to vulgar language, for one thing, leaning more toward the Precision F-Strike than the Cluster F-Bomb (but the f-bomb does indeed get dropped). | |
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Extra Pulp is completely built around this trope. All of the characters speak in short, profanity-ridden sentences that overlap and repeat each other. | |
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Ensemble numbers in Stephen Sondheim musicals sometimes approach this, with characters quickly interjecting comments with sixteenth-note precision. In "Another National Anthem" from Assassins, the following lines are sung in quick succession: | |
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The first scene between Roy and Joe in Angels in America contains a lot of this, with Joe's attempts to get a word in edgewise between Roy's onslaughts of speech. | |
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Tiger Woods' proclivity for profanity after an awry golf shot led Sports Illustrated writer Joe Posnanski to write, "When he hits a shot that's only 90% perfect, Woods rants like he's in a David Mamet production." | |
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Each episode being only a few minutes long at most, Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'? is rife with constant dialogue back and forths, snappy sentences and a fair amount of cursing. | |
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